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An Ethernet crossover cable is a type of Ethernet cable used to connect computing devices together directly. A cable with connections that "cross over" was used to connect two devices of the same type: two hosts or two switches to each other.

I know that similar questions have already been posted but I couldn't find a solution in superuser or any other web search I've tried.
I've been trying to connect a windows 8.1 with windows 7 laptops ...

I have a Logitech Revue (GoogleTV) and an Acer Revo (Windows 7) sitting next to each other.
I want the Revue to be able to stream video from the Revo over ethernet (via Plex and ViMu).
Both devices ...

Firstly I want to say that I am not very familiar with Windows systems, usually I do my development on some Linux distribution but external factors have forced me to work on Windows system for a few ...

Ok, here is the scenario.... I have a DOS machine and a Windows 7 computer that I want to be able to share files together.
The Windows 7 computer will need to also be able to access the internet so ...

I have a NAS unit that I attached to my Windows desktop via direct ethernet cable. I have it set to use automatic DNS, and it retrieves an IP address from my desktop with no further configuration. I'd ...

I want to transfer a large amount of data (around a 100GB) from my laptop to my desktop. So I wanted to get people's opinion/knowledge on what is the fastest method to transfer amongst the following ...

I have two PC's with Windows 7 that connect to internet via WiFi. But when i want to transfer large amount of data between them, i connect both with a network cable.
When i do this, Windows assigns ...

Background
I have a laptop running CrunchBang linux (debian based) and a Windows 7 desktop. I use the desktop only for working on SQL Server and Visual Studio and use the laptop for everything else.
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I want to ping (technically, i need to connect to port 80) a PC that is connected to a second PC (through crossover cable), that's connected to a Router.
I have a little sketch of what I'm trying to ...

Nowadays, I usually make EIA/TIA-568A crossover cables for Fast Ethernet(10/100 Mbps) networks. On these cables, just 2 of the 4 wire pairs are used to comunications(the 2 remaining could be used for ...

Can a crossover cable be used as a normal cable too, when using with a router, switch,hub etc.
What situations may it not work in and are there other issues to be aware of when using crossover versus ...

All right, I have a machine running Windows 7 that's connecting to the wifi network at my apartment. Unfortunately, they won't give me another access code for the network, and I would like to get my ...

I want to use a crossover Ethernet cable to connect two computers directly for file transfer between the two. I have several Ethernet cables, but not sure if they are crossover? How to tell a Ethernet ...

We have a network connectivity issue that appears very surprising (at least to me). I'd expect two network interfaces (e.g., ethernet and wireless) on one PC to behave rather independently from each ...

I have two computers on my desk, and my router is across the room. I have 1 long ethernet cable connecting my windows 7 PC to the internet. I've been using wireless on my Ubuntu laptop, but this is ...

Because my wireless router's ethernet ports are defective, I set up a shared wireless connection from my laptop (which has wifi) to my eMac (which does not) via a crossover ethernet cable. The laptop ...